AS ISO 7.

2—2008
ISO 7-2:2000
AS ISO 7.2—2008

Australian Standard®
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Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints

are made on the threads

Part 2: Verification by means of limit

gauges
 This Australian Standard® was prepared by Committee ME-028, Screw Threads. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 30 September 2007.
This Standard was published on 13 February 2008.

The following are represented on Committee ME-028:

• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Australian Stainless Steel Development Association
• Engineers Australia
• Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
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• Materials Australia
• Plastics Industry Pipe Association of Australia
• University of Wollongong

This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 06297.

Standards Australia wishes to acknowledge the participation of the expert individuals that
contributed to the development of this Standard through their representation on the
Committee and through the public comment period.

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 AS ISO 7.2—2008

Australian Standard®
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Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints

are made on the threads

Part 2: Verification by means of limit

gauges

Originated as part of AS 1722.1—1975.

Revised in part and redesignated as AS ISO 7.2—2008.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia Committee ME-028, Screw
Threads to supersede (in part), AS 1722.1—1975, Pipe threads of Whitworth form,
Part 1: Sealing pipe threads.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers of pipe fittings and associated
equipment with the requirements for limit gauges for the verification of pipe threads where
pressure-tight joints are made on the threads.
This Standard is Part 2 of a two-part series on pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are made
on the threads. Part 1 specifies the dimensions, tolerances and designation.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 7-2:2000, Pipe threads where
pressure-tight joints are made on the threads, Part 2: Verification by means of limit gauges.
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As this Standard is reproduced from an international standard, the following applies:

(a) Its number appears on the cover and title page while the international standard number
appears only on the cover.
(b) In the source text ‘this part of ISO 7’ should read ‘this Australian Standard.’
(c) A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the annex to
which it applies. A ‘normative’ annex is an integral part of a Standard.
References to International Standards should be replaced by references to Australian or
Australian/New Zealand Standards, as follows:
Reference to International Standard Australian Standard/New Zealand Standard
ISO AS ISO
7 Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints 7 Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are
are made on the threads made on the threads
7-1 Part 1: Dimensions, tolerances and 7.1 Part 1: Dimensions, tolerances and
designation designation
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CONTENTS

Page

1 SCOPE .............................................................................................................................1

2 NORMATIVE REFERENCE ...........................................................................................1

3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ..........................................................................................1

4 SYMBOLS........................................................................................................................2

5 DESIGN OF GAUGES .....................................................................................................3

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6 USE OF GAUGES AND CHECKING OF PIPE THREADS..........................................14

7 GAUGE DIMENSIONS AND MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES, CHECKING

OF NEW GAUGES AND CHECKING GAUGES FOR WEAR ...................................17

ANNEX A SUMMARY OF GAUGES.............................................................................29

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Introduction INTRODUCTION

This revision of ISO 7-2 has been undertaken with the aim of providing a unified gauging system which could be
adopted worldwide and thus eliminate the differing gauging results obtained with the use of gauges in accordance
with ISO 7-2:1982 and existing national practices. This revision also includes details of plain ring gauges to provide
additional means of checking ISO 7-1 external threads and a parallel modified thread form check ring gauge for
checking taper full form threaded plug gauges.
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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD

Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are made on the

threads —

Part 2:
Verification by means of limit gauges

1 Scope

This part of ISO 7 specifies a process using limit gauges, for the validation of taper internal and external threads
and parallel internal threads on piping systems components and other products, the dimensions and tolerances of
which are detailed in ISO 7-1.
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The gauging system described may not be suitable, without special precautions, for gauging of threads on injection
moulded plastic workpieces.

This part of ISO 7 does not cover completely all the requirements necessary for full control of thread quality and
dimensions. Additional control of tools and equipment and visual inspection during production are required to
ensure complete compliance with ISO 7-1, for example the length of useful thread on internally threaded
workpieces should be checked by direct measurement.

Annex A gives a summary of the gauges included in this part of ISO 7, together with details of the thread elements
controlled by each gauge and gauge identification numbers.

In the event of a dispute over compliance with the requirements of ISO 7-1, the gauges in this part of ISO 7 are to
be considered as decisive for the thread elements which they control on the workpiece.

2 Normative reference
The following normative document contains provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this part of ISO 7. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do
not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this part of ISO 7 are encouraged to investigate the possibility
of applying the most recent edition of the normative document indicated below. For undated references, the latest
edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of ISO and IEC maintain registers of currently valid
International Standards.

ISO 7-1:1994, Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are made on the threads — Part 1: Dimensions, tolerances
and designation.

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this part of ISO 7, the terms and definitions given in ISO 7-1 and the following apply.

3.1
accommodation length
distance from the face of an internally threaded workpiece to the first obstruction which the externally threaded
workpiece will encounter on assembly

See Figure 3.

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